Amazon removes buy buttons again

I'm doing my little O_O face right now. I also wonder if this is another example of Amazon Evil or just a glitch.

Mind you, as a company, they're not particularly prone to glitchiness.

Mine's Harper and the Pre-order button's still there.

Ditto Toothpaste's Friday Society, which is Penguin.

Ah. I see what you mean. I checked Days of Blood and Starlight - which I bought this morning - and the kindle option is completely gone. It hasn't been removed from my kindle, however.

Maybe it's a software upgrade?

ETA: Nope, not software. I checked for Bait Dog, which is KDP and it's there - as is the authors other, non-KPD title (which is listed as sold by Amazon Digital Services)

Rick Riordan's novels (Hyperion) are still there, too.

The buy button from my Penguin kindle book is gone.

This is bad for readers, for authors, for publishers...and I can't even see an upside for Amazon, so I fervently hope this is just a glitch.

If it isn't, I foresee Amazon catching a lot of customer backlash for it. eBook customers are used to instant gratification, and which means a lack of it is going to be very noticeable to them.

Plus, the Christmas season is coming up. Perfect timing for anyone looking to make a point with their wallet.

On Twitter, they're saying it's a glitch and will "be fixed."

*hopes*

Cyia said:

On Twitter, they're saying it's a glitch and will "be fixed."

*hopes*

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Who is "they"--Amazon? (Also, have you found a hash tag other than #amazonageddon where they have better information? I haven't seen anything except speculation yet.)

jjdebenedictis said:

This is bad for readers, for authors, for publishers...and I can't even see an upside for Amazon, so I fervently hope this is just a glitch.

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This is probably Amazon throwing its weight around, trying to force the publishers who are fighting the Amazon-fueled bogus DOJ lawsuit to settle. They've used identical strong-arm tactics many times before to make publishers knuckle under to their anti-competitive, abusive demands.

So, guys, if you want to get my books published by Macmillan in electronic form -- they're all right there, available today, on the Nook from B&N, or on your iPad from Apple.

jjdebenedictis said:

Who is "they"--Amazon? (Also, have you found a hash tag other than #amazonageddon where they have better information? I haven't seen anything except speculation yet.)

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It was in an agent's Twitter stream. Let me go find it.

ETA: A tweet from Jenn Laughran.

59m Sarah Ockler ‏@sarahockler
Does anyone have an actual source for this Amazon news? Can't find anything current. Just the fact that ebooks from big 6 are in fact gone.
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56m jennifer laughran ‏@literaticat
@sarahockler buttons gone, no explanation beyond "it's a glitch, will be fixed" ... Glitch that only affects Big6.

Another tantrum. How edifying.

The buy buttons are back.

I suspect this was the equivalent of a guy named Guido walking into a shop and saying to the owner, "Nice store you've got here. Too bad if it burned down one night."

The buy buttons appear to be back. But yeah, funny how the "glitch" only affected certain publishers....

Normally, when they have a glitch, they explain what went wrong in detail. We should see an explanation and an apology tomorrow at most.

Maybe they were just beta testing their nuclear option.

jjdebenedictis said:

If it isn't, I foresee Amazon catching a lot of customer backlash for it.

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One can only hope.

It's time Amazon receive some serious backlash.

Maybe Amazon was testing a "kill" switch, which they want to have ready to cut off the big 6/5 in the future.

Norman D Gutter said:

Maybe Amazon was testing a "kill" switch, which they want to have ready to cut off the big 6/5 in the future.

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Bwahahaha! I like the way you think.

If it's a glitch Kindle has too many glitches and isn't worth buying.

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apologies for forgetting it.

Stlight said:

If it's a glitch Kindle has too many glitches and isn't worth buying.

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Well so does Kobo and the Kobo store is very glitchy. Same can be said for most technology.